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size
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa?z/
- Rhymes: -a?z
- Homophones: psis, sighs
Etymology 1
From Middle English syse, sise (“regulation, control, limit”), from Old French cise, sise, aphetism of assise (“assize”). Displaced native Middle English grete, grette (“size”) (from Old English gr?etu, gr?tu (“size, greatness”)).
Noun
size (countable and uncountable, plural sizes)
- (obsolete outside dialects) An assize. [from 14th c.]
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 560:
- I know you would have women above the law, but it is all a lye; I heard his lordship say at size, that no one is above the law.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 560:
- (obsolete) A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc. [14th-18th c.]
- (obsolete) A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink. [15th-17th c.]
- The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is. [from 15th c.]
- (obsolete) A regulation, piece of ordinance. [15th c.]
- A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing. [from 16th c.]
- (graph theory) A number of edges in a graph. [from 20th c.]
- (figuratively, dated) Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.
- 1692, Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists
- men of a less size and quality
- 1720, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Young Clergyman
- the middle or lower size of people
- 1692, Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists
- An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (computing) file size
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:size
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Chinese:
- ? Cantonese: size (saai1 si2)
- ? Irish: saghas
- ? Japanese: ??? (saizu)
- ? Korean: ??? (saijeu)
Translations
Verb
size (third-person singular simple present sizes, present participle sizing, simple past and past participle sized)
- (transitive) To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
- a statute […] to size weights, and measures
- (transitive) To classify or arrange by size.
- (military) To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.
- (mining) To sift (pieces of ore or metal) in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.
- (transitive, colloquial) To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
- (intransitive) To take a greater size; to increase in size.
- after 1633 (first published), John Donne, Farewell to Love
- Our desires give them fashion, and so, / As they wax lesser, fall, as they size, grow.
- after 1633 (first published), John Donne, Farewell to Love
- (Britain, Cambridge University, obsolete) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
- (transitive, obsolete) To swell; to increase the bulk of.
- blood-sized field
Hyponyms
- (to adjust size): resize
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English syse, of unclear origin; related to Old Italian sisa (“a glue used by painters”), perhaps ultimately related to size / syse (“amount”), or perhaps shortened from assisa, from assiso (“to make to sit, to seat, to place”)
Noun
size (plural sizes)
- A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.
- Wallpaper paste.
- The thickened crust on coagulated blood.
- Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.
Translations
Verb
size (third-person singular simple present sizes, present participle sizing, simple past and past participle sized)
- (transitive) To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.
Translations
References
See also
- Size in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Chinese
Alternative forms
- ??, ??
Etymology
Borrowed from English size.
Pronunciation
Noun
size
- (Cantonese) size
- ???????????????size????????????????????????????????size? [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2015, ???, ??? ???, ?????, issue 40, page 79
- jau5 jat1 go3 so4 zai2 zeng6 jan4 sin1 jung6 sing4-2 dok6 zi6 gei2 goek3 dik1 saai1 si2, jau5 jat1 jat6 soeng2 maai5 haai4, bat1 gwo3 heoi3 dou3 si5 zaap6 sin1 faat3 jin6 zi6 gei2 mou5 daai3 tiu4 sing4-2, so2 ji5 m4 zi1 maai5 haai4 maai5 me1 saai1 si2. [Jyutping]
- There was a stupid guy from Zheng who used only a string to measure the size of his feet; one day, he wanted to buy shoes, but only when he got to the market did he realize that he didn't bring his string, so he didn't know what shoe size to buy.
???????????????size????????????????????????????????size? [Cantonese, simp.]- ??????????????????size??? [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2016, Jerald Li, ??????size??15?????size??
- ging1 soeng4 zoi6 mong5 soeng6 gin3 dou3-2 jau5 jan4 man6 sam6 mo1 bo1 haai4 jing1 “maai5 me1 saai1 si2 hou2?” [Jyutping]
- I always see people online asking something like "What size should I buy?" for sneakers
???????????????“??size??” [Cantonese, simp.]- ?????size???????? [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2016, ??? (Daniel Chong), ????CEO, page 104
- daai3 zyu6 deoi3 m4 ngaam1 saai1 si2 ge3 baak6 sik1 lou4 gung1 sau2 tou3 zai2 [Jyutping]
- wearing white workers' gloves of the wrong size
?????size???????? [Cantonese, simp.]
Synonyms
- ?? (ch?cùn)
Turkish
Pronoun
size
- dative of siz (you – plural or polite)
Turkmen
Noun
size
- dative plural of siz
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dosage
English
Etymology
From French dosage.
Noun
dosage (countable and uncountable, plural dosages)
- The administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount; dosing.
- The addition of a small measured amount of a substance to something, e.g. sugar to wine.
- The measured amount so administered or added; the dose.
Translations
See also
- posology
Anagrams
- dagoes, sea dog, sea-dog, seadog
French
Etymology
dose +? -age
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do.za?/
Noun
dosage m (plural dosages)
- dosage (measured amount of a medication)
Derived terms
- liqueur de dosage
Further reading
- “dosage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
dosage (plural dosages)
- dosage, dose
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